Preparation Tafinlar from cancer treatment of British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline had been sent to FDA with the sign "breakthrough therapy for lung cancer', meaning the drug will be fast-tracked within the
GSK said that Tafinlar, also known as dabrafenib, was designated an FDA breakthrough therapy on Monday following interim results from an ongoing Phase II study.
Tafinlar is already approved for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.






